September 25, 2015

All Hail King Kaaya!

Sophomore quarterback Brad Kaaya was named ACC Offensive Back of the Week after he led Miami to a 36-33 overtime victory over Nebraska last Saturday at Sun Life Stadium.Kaaya picked up his second career ACC Player of the Week honor thanks to a career day through the air.

The California native Kaaya finished the day by going 25-of-42 for a career-high 379 yards. He also tossed a pair of touchdowns and had just one interception.Kaaya has now thrown a touchdown pass in 16 consecutive games, while his second-half interception was his first in 110 attempts.

The Hurricanes are off this week and will return to action on Oct. 1 as they travel to Cincinnati for a Thursday night matchup against the Bearcats.

Cincinnati game will be good test for the Def. ..they will score. ..that being said. ..if we get a comfortable lead....let's put in some guys like Rosier...cager, langham, etc....Walton and gray - dude needs some game experience. ..and get outta there....then. ..rubber officially meets road for this team! God bless all my Canes family and special prayers for Mr Gayot and his family! Amen.

Miami’s defense was much more even on the play calling for the defensive line playing 2 gap or 1 gap technique compared to the FAU game. Miami played 1 gap technique on 15 snaps, averaging 6.1 yards on these runs. Nebraska averaged 3.5 yards on the 10 snaps Miami 2 gapped.

For formations, Miami lined up in a 3-4 on 31 snaps, allowing 3.7 yards on these plays. Miami played 19 snaps in a 4-3, allowing 4.8 yards per. Miami played nickel on 32 snaps allowing 8.1 ypp. Miami blitzed on 20 pass plays, with Nebraska averaging 8.2 on these plays. When rushing 3 or 4, Miami averaged giving up 4.8 yards on 37 pass attempts.

The Miami Hurricanes had seven players drafted last May, with five getting their name called in the first three rounds.
Naturally, many questioned where the next wave of playmakers would come from (after quarterback Brad Kaaya) during a hot-seat season for Al Golden.
In steps Corn Elder, Miami’s starter at nickel corner to begin the season, and now Pro Football Focus’ top ranked corner in the country through Week 3. Although the cornerback grades fluctuate from week to week, he’s coming off a stellar performance against Nebraska, which included hauling in an overtime interception that would lead to a Canes’ victory.
He headlined PFF’s Dream Team heading into Week 4 after his one-interception, two knockdown game. He’s been excellent in coverage this season, allowing only three catches for 19 yards on nine attempts.
Corn also has one punt return for a touchdown (another that was called back), a sack, and a recovered fumble. He’ll figure to have plenty of playmaking opportunities next Thursday night when Miami takes on a dynamic Cincinnati offense averaging 413 passing yards a game (2nd in FBS).

The Miami Hurricanes had seven players drafted last May, with five getting their name called in the first three rounds.

Naturally, many questioned where the next wave of playmakers would come from (after quarterback Brad Kaaya) during a hot-seat season for Al Golden.

In steps Corn Elder, Miami’s starter at nickel corner to begin the season, and now Pro Football Focus’ top ranked corner in the country through Week 3. Although the cornerback grades fluctuate from week to week, he’s coming off a stellar performance against Nebraska, which included hauling in an overtime interception that would lead to a Canes’ victory.

He headlined PFF’s Dream Team heading into Week 4 after his one-interception, two knockdown game. He’s been excellent in coverage this season, allowing only three catches for 19 yards on nine attempts.

Corn also has one punt return for a touchdown (another that was called back), a sack, and a recovered fumble. He’ll figure to have plenty of playmaking opportunities next Thursday night when Miami takes on a dynamic Cincinnati offense averaging 413 passing yards a game (2nd in FBS).

The smart argument is this: if I was Corn's advisor/family, I'd be THRILLED Golden put him in as a DB, especially a CB. Absolutely, 200% thrilled!! It's the best thing that could have ever happened to him.

Why would anyone want Corn to be an RB is beyond me.

Best personnel move, or close to it, that Golden has made - both for the team & Corn.

First of all me and Corn are both cool with him playing corner...matter of fact I PREFER he play corner! Why? Because NFL teams are constantly looking for good corners! Now him not starting is another issue with Me.

Secondly I'm not arguing for him to play RB RIGHT NOW. My argument is about the fact that no one can say he wouldn't have done better on offense, which is a FACT! How do I know? Because he didn't get a chance for us to see if he woulda been better so we'll NEVER KNOW!

It was a NORMAL move... when someone comes in as a athlete that either played RB, QB, or WR in high school they are going to either switch to DB or keep playing offense. Let's not act like this was a move that most coaches wouldn't have done. Look at Gibson at Ohio state... is Meyer a genius for switching him?

Miami’s defense was much more even on the play calling for the defensive line playing 2 gap or 1 gap technique compared to the FAU game. Miami played 1 gap technique on 15 snaps, averaging 6.1 yards on these runs. Nebraska averaged 3.5 yards on the 10 snaps Miami 2 gapped.

For formations, Miami lined up in a 3-4 on 31 snaps, allowing 3.7 yards on these plays. Miami played 19 snaps in a 4-3, allowing 4.8 yards per. Miami played nickel on 32 snaps allowing 8.1 ypp. Miami blitzed on 20 pass plays, with Nebraska averaging 8.2 on these plays. When rushing 3 or 4, Miami averaged giving up 4.8 yards on 37 pass attempts.

Posted by: 30CINCO | September 25, 2015 at 01:56 PM

Interesting. I was keeping track of the 3-4 vs 4-3... For a little while at least... And noticed much more 3-4. the D was improved thru 3 quarters. Besides the alignments the other change noticed was much better tackling.

If they can fix the pass D this could be a great season. Knocking the ball out Of the receivers hands with a big hit is a great way to negate bad coverage but against Better, bigger receivers won't be as effective.

I'm rooting for D'no. I would like nothing more than to see him succeed.

Don't think anyone is saying he's not good with the ball. His punt returns and high school stats prove that.

Just think it's pretty tough to be a better RB than DB if you're being considered the best one in the country right now.

Like I said last night, don't really care. Just incredibly happy Golden struck out on all those other players, had no choice, then Corn made himself into the beast he's become, all by himself, by complete luck because our staff has no clue what was best for him, with no coaching, at all.

Re-booting the program would be a disaster. Obviously a repeat of last season and there isn't really a choice, but anybody rooting for Ls is doing so out of personal dislike for the coaches, not the program's best interests.

You're right about the talent. I was unsure coming into the season what we had, but we do have players on both sides of the ball. Considering the schedule, we could play in a major bowl game. Tighten up 3rd downs and RZ offense, keep tinkering with the pass D and maybe consider putting somebody else in to coach ST, and it's not outlandish to see a 1 loss season. Of course that means no more losses to teams who will be home for the holidays.

If the above happens we should be looking at an epic signing day. And if that happens, sky's the limit for the next few years, which I think is slightly more preferable than starting from scratch with some second tier coach trying to find his way.

Study the NFL drafts over the last several years, and review not only that but comparative salaries by position. Running backs have been drastically devalued in terms of earning potential, as well as draft position. A cornerback will make way more bank than the average NFL running bank.

Great move for the young man's NFL career as long as he continues to improve and hone his craft. Also, are people going to tell me he would have been made a CB at every school he would have gone to?

Let me just give me one example, and I don't even know if he was ever considering going to UF or not, but I'd bet you they would've made him into an offense of player at UF, Because they're desperate for offensive skill players, which would not have been as good for his future NFL potential.

The Canes have a lot of talent on this team. These coaches are developing future NFL players and its time for the results to show on the field.

Its simple - I would like to see the players improve their fundamentals and execution and the coaches improve on teaching the players and putting them in the best position to succeed every week every week and everything else will take care of itself.